Reflex Gamer: The Magazine: The Blog II

Gaming and passive-aggressives

As a resident of downtown Los Angeles, I'm no stranger to haggling and the cultures that influence it. Older Hispanic gentlemen will come in with their kids, carefully pick something out, try to get the price reduced, and when I won't budge they'll graciously purchase it anyway. The younger generation ...

Another goddamn mural update

I need a softer light on this mural. The filament bulb we use was made in the 70s, I think. Either way, it really makes the glossy sheen on the cloud impossible to see. Also, I need something better than a PSP camera, obviously. I am poor. Buy something. Almost finished... Mario is ...

Reflex Gamer: Awesome

Just wanted to point out, virtually without warning, that our first dicktastic attempt at a podcast will be recorded tomorrow night. Some of you may remember that we were attempting some pretty bold art direction with our physical shop. We finally got a new artist who didn't have his legalized pot ...

Grand Opening

For those of you who have the misfortune to know us in real life, Reflex Gamer: The Store: The Legacy has moved locations! We are now at... 319 E. 2nd Street #104 Los Angeles, CA 90012 Come visit. We're building on top of some old nostalgia shop/shithole, but we have a few new ...

SNES controller closeout sale

A customer who bought a Retro Duo a few weeks ago came in looking for some NES games and some new controllers, since he felt the RD's packed-in gamepads were too stiff, which is a fair assessment. I stock some brand new SNES clone controllers, so he asked how those ...

RG:TM:TB2

An online magazine spouting off like a broken faucet of opinion and information right into your damned faces.

Syndicate

March 10th 2010
Tags: Seething Hatred, Steam One Comment

I didn’t want to have to do this…

Okay, I'm pissed at Steam. You should be too. Remember when Gabe Newell was promising that this would lower to cost of games to the user? Well, aside from sales, I just see Valve pocketing the difference and ordering a few dozen more turkeys to be delivered to Newell's door. As ...
February 22nd 2010
Tags: Buzzword Watch 2 Comments

Somebody seriously wrote this

"With Risen, Piranha Bytes introduces a fresh, new setting. The game’s protagonist is shipwrecked after a storm and finds himself on a mysterious island. An active volcano dominates the scene. Ancient temple ruins have recently risen from the ground, and bizarre creatures infest the island." So it's either Crysis or Serious ...
February 16th 2010
Tags: Free stuff, PS3 No Comments

Buck up, Sony/Free Command & Conquer games

If any of you happens to be a suicide counselor, we need you to go over to Mike's apartment. His PS3 has broken down and he's sequestered himself to his room, playing Shenmue in some kind of self-flaggelating apology to himself. We're pretty Sony-oriented over this way, but we're not ...
February 4th 2010
Tags: Uncategorized, reviews No Comments

BLOOD BOWL, A MANLY GAME FOR MEN WHO ARE MANLY, AND MEN

I fell in love with this game in the middle of the tutorial. A little text box instructed me to tell one of my line backers to commit a foul. A right click brought a human player football player to run up to an unconscious rat man and kick him ...
February 4th 2010
Tags: Wii, trailers No Comments

The ultimate mantrain

Dear Wii owners, Playscope has known what you might have suspected for a while now. The time for fighting your most basic of needs is over. Let the healing begin:

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